UPDATE: 7,000 Crickets Released In North Carolina School
Posted on November 3, 2009 with 2 Comments
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UPDATE:
Thanks to Debbie, we have found that the actual count was 400-500 crickets. WISTV.com still reports 7,000 but the salisburypost.com reports the lower number. Read the salisburypost.com article here.
A senior prank went wrong…Pest Management Professionals were called into a Rowan County school district in North Carolina because of the criminal acts of eight students. The students release over 7,000 crickets into the area where 10th graders attend classes. All of the students were charged with breaking and entering by police, and suspended from school.e
Crickets are a summer pest that will enter homes when there is heavy moisture present. When present, they can be a huge nuisance because of the sound they make. Read more about crickets in our pest library.
Wistv.com broke the story first.
Tags: crickets, school, senior prank
Category: Can You Believe It?, Funny, Schools, Summer Pests
Before you release a story you ought to get the facts straight. It was not 7000 it was between 400 and 500. A big difference. Great to know your website can not be trusted for the truth. Won’t was my time here any more
Debbie,
We got our information from the local news station in North Carolina. WIS10 (http://www.wistv.com) is the location of the source as you can tell by the bottom of the post. We looked further into the issue and now do see that the actual count was 400-500 crickets as per a SalsburyPost.com news article (http://www.salisburypost.com/Area/110409-WEB-cricket-caper-the-source)
Thank you for clearing the number of crickets that were released, and we have updated the post accordingly. We apologize for the mis-information of this post. All of our information is compiled by an industry expert, and when breaking news is announced there can be some mis-information, we assure that all of our information regarding keeping a healthy environment is correct.